Old Mountain: New Mountain

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(Ezekiel 6)

Hear high places
Godless races
Mountains are brought low
to abolish your idols;
lesser gods for show
Canaanite altars
falsehood on hilltops and lies
your god falters
scattered bones
across your wasted lands
desolate
scattered pagan hands
of slain man
and incense stench,
children’s corpses,
and heart wrench
broken, cut down, and abolished;
works downtrod
All will know
The Lord is God

© 2010, Robbie Pruitt
http://www.robbiepruitt.com/

Ezekiel 6: 6-7

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"In all your dwelling places the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate, so that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, your idols may be broken and made to cease, your incense altars may be cut down, and your works may be abolished. The slain shall fall in your midst, and you shall know that I am the Lord."

Works Cited

http://www.bible-history.com/resource/ff_baal.htm. Accessed August 9, 2010.

http://www.elinoreart.com/82420/Ex. Accessed August 8, 2010.

http://larryavisbrown.homestead.com/files/OT_history/unit2/Unit2b_conquest.htm. Accessed August 8, 2010

The New King James Version. Nashville : Thomas Nelson, 1982, S. Eze 6:6-7

Anointed

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(Luke 7:36-50)

broken

poured out

canceled debts

empty handed

without

tears

wetted feet

gone

are secret sins

discreet

matted hair

perfume scented air

loved much

forgiven and known

grace shown

we are His own

anointed

© 2010, Robbie Pruitt

http://www.robbiepruitt.com/

“Two men were in debt to a banker. One owed five hundred silver pieces, the other fifty. Neither of them could pay up, and so the banker canceled both debts. Which of the two would be more grateful?” . . . “I suppose the one who was forgiven the most.” – Luke 7:41-43

For a Bible Study on Luke 7:36-50, click here.

Woks Cited

Peterson, Eugene H.: The Message : The Bible in Contemporary Language. Colorado Springs, Colo. : NavPress, 2002, S. Luke 7:36-50

Name

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I want

to make

a name

for myself

to proclaim

there

is

life

beyond

my

sell by date

my

shelf life

my

stale state

What’s in a name?

Is it not more than our selves proclaim?

© 2010 Robbie Pruitt

http://www.robbiepruitt.com/

Philippians 2:5-11, NKJV

“Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”

The New King James Version. Nashville : Thomas Nelson, 1982, S. Php 2:5-11

Prayer

“Almighty God, to you all hearts are open, all desires known,
and from you no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our
hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may
perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy Name;
through Christ our Lord. Amen. (BC, P. 355)”

The Book of Common Prayer.

© 1979 http://www.bcponline.org/

Words of Fire

Picture from WLTX Columbia: http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=87228

The Gene Allen Fleece Library of Columbia International University, a Bible College and Seminary in Columbia, SC, suffered from an electrical fire on May 8, 2010. While no one was injured, the total damages were estimated at around 1.5 million dollars. Rare and out-of-print books have been lost. Please pray for the faculty, staff, the student body, and the alumni, as well as associated academic bodies and international ministries which partner with and depend on the University and the library.

Watch the news cast where this story was covered from WIS10 here.

View more photos of the fire here.

Deuteronomy 8:3

“He put you through hard times. He made you go hungry. Then he fed you with manna, something neither you nor your parents knew anything about, so you would learn that men and women don’t live by bread only; we live by every word that comes from God’s mouth.”

Words of Fire

Words like fire

consume falsehood.

Truth! Truth!

Complacency and apathy,

Aloof! Aloof?!

Awaken!

The Fire kindles;

Absolutes remain.

The Gospel never falters,

nor waivers,

at sin’s disdain.

Justice and Truth,

You reign! You reign!

Truth never falters,

or vanishes in flame,

and more than ashes remain.

Truth never waivers,

and is a person with a name.

Proclaim! Proclaim!

The Word is retained!

Truth is spoken and stays;

The Logos,

The Ancient of Days.

© 2010 Robbie Pruitt

John 1:1-5 and 14

“The Word was first, the Word present to God, God present to the Word. The Word was God, in readiness for God from day one. Everything was created through him; nothing—not one thing! — came into being without him. What came into existence was Life, and the Life was Light to live by. The Life-Light blazed out of the darkness; the darkness couldn’t put it out. The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood. We saw the glory with our own eyes, the one-of-a-kind glory, like Father, like Son, Generous inside and out, true from start to finish.”

Call

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(From Ezekiel 1-3)

the Heavens opened

I saw visions

of God

by the river

in the Lord’s Hand

I was held

the Whirlwind blew

the Light blinded

. . . and I knew

the Fire kindled

His Hands reached out

the Spirit moved deep within

a raging inferno rose up

from embers of coals

brightly burning

torches and lightening

God’s presence

Holy and frightening

© 2010 Robbie Pruitt

Ezekiel 3:22-24

“God grabbed me by the shoulder and said, “Get up. Go out on the plain. I want to talk with you.” So I got up and went out on the plain. I couldn’t believe my eyes: the Glory of God! Right there! It was like the Glory I had seen at the Kebar River. I fell to the ground, prostrate. Then the Spirit entered me and put me on my feet.”

Bibliography

Peterson, Eugene H.: The Message : The Bible in Contemporary Language. Colorado Springs, Colo. : NavPress, 2002, S. Eze 1-3

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel%201-3&version=MSG

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